The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0569-2020·Announced 2020-02-05

Knotts Fine Foods Recalls Tuna Salad for Possible Listeria

Knotts Fine Foods is recalling 5lb buckets of Tuna Salad due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination in egg ingredients.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a score of 3 per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Knotts Fine Foods Inc is recalling 5lb plastic buckets of Tuna Salad, sold as two 5lb buckets per case. The recall involves 15 cases of the product.

The recall was issued because the product contains egg salad, which uses eggs as an ingredient. Almark Foods issued a recall for possible Listeria monocytogenes in eggs, prompting this precautionary action for the Tuna Salad.

The affected product has Batch Numbers 010220, 011920, and 012520, with Product Number 40004. Best By dates are 01/02/20, 01/19/20, and 01/25/20. The product was delivered to Mississippi and Tennessee. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific batch numbers and dates and stop consuming the product if found.

The recalled product

Product
5lb plastic bucket of Tuna Salad Sold as 2 - 5lb buckets per case
Hazard
Affected units
15

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (5)

  • Batch Number(s) 010220
  • 011920
  • 012520 Product Number 40004 Best By dates: 01/02/20
  • 01/19/20
  • 01/25/20

Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by Knotts Fine Foods Inc under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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